Those were all on my list, and I think for the first time ever, the overall top 2 are the same as my top 2.

If Opeth hadn't hit it out of the park with an eclectic prog-death masterpiece, I would have chosen Meshuggah for sure. obZen slayed -- it's a total jackhammer of a record. Those two releases have jumped high into my all-time list... something that didn't happen with any '07 CD.

Hail of Bullets was originally my 4th pick, then moved down a bit. As amazing as the crushing guitars, powerful drums and stellar songwriting are... those Lemmy-being-anally-raped vocals just kill it for me.

Great to see Bloodbath in the top 10, even though I rated the live record ahead of The Fathomless Mastery. But then... I rated all three of the band's '08 releases high.

Nice to see Nachtmystium get some love... I think that one could be a sleeper that people will appreciate more as the years go on.

The Zimmershole record is the band's best yet. More than a metal comedy record, it's actually a damn fine metal record, period. If it was a touch more serious, I'd say it's what SYL's The New Black should have been.

And Sahg... well, they stole the show for me with the debut in '06. This time around, I found the record slipping farther and farther down my top 15 list as the year went on. A final listen at year's end moved it up a bit. Still, I hope the next one is a bit better.

I always look forward to seeing the year-end results, and this year I was quite surprised!

I think I may now have to check out the Opeth disc. And Hail Of Bullets too... I was already mildly interested in hearing it, but now I think I might just do it sooner rather than later...

08 Jan 2009, 05:44

Winter Blast

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Re: Braveboard Top Albums of 2008

Auciello wrote:

Nice to see Nachtmystium get some love... I think that one could be a sleeper that people will appreciate more as the years go on.

The Zimmershole record is the band's best yet. More than a metal comedy record, it's actually a damn fine metal record, period. If it was a touch more serious, I'd say it's what SYL's The New Black should have been.

Agrred on both counts... altough I am surprised that Assassins didn't end up higher on the list...

08 Jan 2009, 05:52

Klschmann

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Re: Braveboard Top Albums of 2008

As usual, my tates vary from what's at the very top of that list (Opeth and Meshuggah?? zzzzz), but I have a lot more in the Top 50 than usual. Thanks for all the work.

Yeah, how the f did Gn'R make the Top anything? That album is a steaming pile of shitty shitty crap crap.

Not really surprised- I'd hoped to see the Arkona record on the final list, but it made it on to a bunch of 2007 lists because of the Euro release so I don't think many people counted it. Glad to see TMDC, Tyr, and Moonsorrow made a showing.

As usual, my tates vary from what's at the very top of that list (Opeth and Meshuggah?? zzzzz), but I have a lot more in the Top 50 than usual. Thanks for all the work.

Yeah, how the f did Gn'R make the Top anything? That album is a steaming pile of shitty shitty crap crap.

But there are lots of people who've been waiting years for that steaming pile to get plopped, and they knew they were going to love it long before they heard a note from it.

Yeah, but on this board?

08 Jan 2009, 13:02

thelostpatrol

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Re: Braveboard Top Albums of 2008

You're really that surprised?

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08 Jan 2009, 13:05

Klschmann

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Re: Braveboard Top Albums of 2008

With that one? Yeah a bit.

Then again, I didn't read the entire Top 20 thread.

08 Jan 2009, 13:08

IcedNeonFlames

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Re: Braveboard Top Albums of 2008

thelostpatrol wrote:

You're really that surprised?

From what I remember, most of people thought that it was either a flaming turd at worst, and at best okay but not worth the over-a-decade-wait. People were expecting it to suck before it came out, anyway.

I'm not surprised at the Metallica, though. The standards for that band were so low people were happy with Death Magnetic.